beaver
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"One beaver wetland won't solve all of our drought problems," he said.
From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026
Forestry England's Richard Boles said they initially thought the female beaver had given birth to only one kit, before video footage revealed there were two more.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
Soccer fans visiting a very large gas station for the first time… carry-on BBQ sandwiches & beaver nuggets?
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
In October 2007, while scouring Google Earth, he discovered the largest beaver dam on the planet—a 2,700-foot-long structure in northern Alberta with a 17-acre lake backed up behind it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
The beaver took them along the water and up to a dense section of forest that jutted into the pond.
From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown
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The name is thought to come from the time of year when beavers were particularly active, preparing their lodges and storing food ahead of winter.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
"We'll be seeing a little bit more resilience to drought in those areas where the beavers might end up living."
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Two beavers released on Exmoor to 'reduce floods'
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
Flooding two years ago during Hurricane Helene swept beavers inland from the Ogeechee River.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
They trapped and hunted moose, caribou, otters, and beavers; they speared fish and clams and mussels.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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If Musk had quietly beavered away on something that might have helped, that would have been one thing, but that isn’t Musk’s style – he happily admits to his own arrogance.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 17, 2018
For two months, they beavered away at the problem.
From Slate ● Jun. 9, 2014
There were issues of "privacy" and "commercial confidentiality" here apparently, as big hackers beavered away untouched.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 28, 2013
"They have beavered away trying this and trying that and the formulations have changed over the last 50 years, but not radically."
From BBC ● Apr. 11, 2011
He is a most industrious small chopper, and the other day gnawed down, or as the children call it, "beavered" down, a misshapen tulip tree, which was about fifty feet high.
From Letters to His Children by Theodore Roosevelt
I didn’t set out to leverage AI, beavering away in the background while I sleep, to set my priorities every morning, and even help me regulate my physical and mental health.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Adam Le Doux, the creator of the game-making software, was working as a programmer at Microsoft while beavering away on creative projects in his spare time.
From The Verge ● Mar. 7, 2022
Hewlett, meanwhile, has been beavering away at his home in Paris.
From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2020
After the success of Latin Grammy-nominated single Otro Trago, be sure that he’s beavering away on the song of the summer.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 27, 2019
Thank'ee, Hurry; thank'ee, with all my heart—but I do a little beavering for myself as occasions offer.
From The Deerslayer by James Fenimore Cooper
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